Personal Improvements

[Jitendra Hydonus]

My list for improving myself today:

1. i will consciously make an effort to smile at others

2. i will try to find or say something nice to say about whoever i meet today

Well i have some modest goals how about you?

[Michelle Petkus]

My personal goal at the moment is to learn to let go of my conditions.  I am pretty good during most of the day but traffic and being overwhelmed at work are conditions that still control my mood.  So I guess you can say learing to accept the moment no matter what is my current challenge I am working to overcome.

Love,
Michelle

[Michelle Petkus]

Hello and (((hugs))) back to you.   

Love,
Michelle

[blue nova]

Woho00Oo ...  ((( Hug-fest ))))      count me in 

Love & ((( Hugs )))
bn

[Jitendra Hydonus]

My personal goal at the moment is to learn to let go of my conditions.  I am pretty good during most of the day but traffic and being overwhelmed at work are conditions that still control my mood.  So I guess you can say learing to accept the moment no matter what is my current challenge I am working to overcome.

Love,
Michelle

Hi Michelle traffic in Los Angeles has got to me a bit. Especially people who do not understand that God Love turtles too. So a friend reminded me that we too were once somewhat like others who are impatient with others and that they just don't know better. So pray for them and show a little compassion. It helped me. Being overwhelmed at work. Have you ever noticed that the places where we have the most problems and get irritated with just pile up on us till we get the lesson?

By the way thank you everyone for bringing back to me my resolutions.... Can it be that i actually forgot about this post until you gave me a gentle reminder?

Steve

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Yes Michelle sometimes delusion is very strong and overwhelms us momentarily that is why i am glad you were here just now to remind me of my own personal challenges! Sometimes the heart longs so much for love that it seeks it in the wrong places.

Steve

[flying squirrel]

hey must have been caught in a time warp !    she didn't post in this thread since January

good advice not to follow the heart

[Jitendra Hydonus]

hey must have been caught in a time warp !    she didn't post in this thread since January

good advice not to follow the heart

Missed You Squirrel: Check those logged in today.

Steve

[flying squirrel]

bless both our souls !    how did I miss that ? thanx !

[blue nova]

Steve wrote:

Sometimes the heart longs so much for love that it seeks it in the wrong places.

is this why we should seek God for Love.... ?  go to God with cup in hand....he will fill it up. 

im feelin' a bit parched this morn'....i must go for refill,,,,have cup in hand and gonna go meditate <3 <3 <3

[flying squirrel]

hey nova !  mind if I join you ?

[guest88]

 

[blue nova]

hey nova !   mind if I join you ?

i would love for you to join with me dearest squirrel    what a cool pic !!!! 

u too mo_0s3... 

i must add,,,there exists much love here on this forum too    <3 <3 <3

[Jitendra Hydonus]

i must add,,,there exists much love here on this forum too    <3 <3 <3

It seems to me we have much to be grateful for. i have been able to create a deeper bond and to traverse space and distance because of what we have accomplished with God's grace. There is much to be thankful for. It doesn't hurt to be reminded. Love always takes awareness and a personal desire for its manifestation in our lives.

Steve

[guest88]

in regards to personal transformation, how do you keep yourself focused? to wake up each day in awareness of fulfilling the highest goal you've set out for yourself? what are some methods to constantly remind us? sometimes i seek change and fall back on habitual ego based actions... i am a bit disappointed for steering away from the understanding and closeness i've once had. it WAS like an opportunity to get my feet wet and experience the wonders of what this transformation will bring. somewhere though, through out all this- i fell back on older life patterns that leave me unsatisfied and craving more. it feels like my words and actions have even regressed and this is most unsatisfying. i shouldn't be too upset, as there is a valuable lesson in all this. even in my darkest times i remember sharing and acting off the smallest hints of love, but after having some time to reflect... when i was vegetarian, when i was meditating daily, working with dreams, i remember having an increased awareness with self. i remember being genuinely interested in what it is my neighbor had to say and found i could provide insight easier, with grace. there was increased sensitivity and clarity and i'm amazed i hadn't held this as close as i do now. i am working on drawing these aspects of light back into my life. i want to carry warmth, peace, depth, gratitude, and love with me wherever i go. so, how do you keep your eyes on the prize and not get caught up in worldly affairs? WOW! i JUST saw a hawk- awesome lol. but yeah back to the post... so... the whole reason i slipped back into this old lifestyle was a thing of acceptance. i was trying to eat meat when my friends offered or drink/smoke socially with others. i thought, if i'm here with them- it doesn't matter what i'm doing, good work is being done. but as time progressed i later questioned my motifs, am i doing this because i genuinely wish to serve or am i doing it because i want to satisfy perverted desires? it feels like this goal is going to take more then a life time to achieve. how do we shed ourselves from feeling as if we belong to our older thought patterns? how do we become the lighthearted yogi? i want to do without the things in my past that i feel have and still hinder me from feeling like i'm the divine being i know i am.
thanks for any help

i really like this saying,
in love and divine friendship
peace friends